Comment on Sharing a link vs posting the media

• Lemmist@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m lemmying here for a week only so I still do not know any nuances, but the idea is simple: I see information (text/image/etc) right through the client I use for Lemmy? If yes, then ok. If I see just a link… Well, then I see just a link.

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  • PlasticPope@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I find that if its another Fediverse service like mastodon or pixelfed, that it tends to give a preview. And when clicked on it opens the respective app if you are using it.

    I assume if you don’t have the app installed, it would just open a browser window inside of your lemmy client….?

    Just not sure if it’s worth it for others to click on a link to see a photo or meme etc.

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    • Oisteink@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A link isn’t interesting by itself. It can provide context or example for a post. For me lemmy is like reddit, its for discussion. If you don’t write a post but just provide a link i will ignore it or downvote as that is just spam.

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      • fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        depends on the content, as well. an article needs a link, but i like it when the important part is quoted, so i don’t have to click the link to follow the comments.

        memes/images should be postet directly. no one will follow a link to a site with an image even mastodon etc. post the image and add the source. same goes for “social” media posts. post the screenshot and a link to the source, so i don’t have to go to some nazi-site to get the information.

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